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Screens and Parenting: Insights From ‘The Anxious Generation’

July 4, 2025 by theLight Albury-Wodonga

By: Michelle Nortje 

Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation is a interesting exploration of the modern mental health crisis among young people.

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Categories Parenting Tags anxiety, articles, kids, mental health, teenagers, The Centre for Effective Living

How to Raise Independent Kids

July 1, 2025 by theLight Albury-Wodonga

By: Feranmi Taiwo

Letting go can be scary, but raising confident, capable kids starts earlier than you think. Susan Woodworth explores how parents can nurture independence, even in toddlers.

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Categories Parenting Tags articles, kids, sonshine

When Kids Struggle with Friendships: What Parents Can Do

June 19, 2025 by theLight Albury-Wodonga

By: Bec Harris

Making friends at school isn’t always easy. Sometimes, kids come home feeling left out, upset, or even anxious. Parenting expert Michelle Mitchell unpacks what’s really going on and how parents can help.

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Categories Parenting Tags articles, Bec Harris, friendship, kids

Starting The New School Year Well

February 3, 2025 by theLight Albury-Wodonga

By: Helping Hands TV

Starting a new school year can be daunting for students.

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Categories Parenting Tags articles, back to school, Helping Hands, kids

Hey God, Can I Ask You Something? – Book Review

January 21, 2025 by theLight Albury-Wodonga

By: Brittany Garcia

The book covers some of the deeper questions about God that quite frankly, even some of the adults I know struggle with, including “Dear God, if you love us, why do bad and sad things still happen?” – I mean, who hasn’t asked this one?

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Categories Faith Tags articles, book review, kids

Isolation Is Getting Harder for Our Children. Here’s How to Help.

August 31, 2020 by theLight Albury-Wodonga

By: Dr Justin Coulson

Though families have felt palpable relief as restrictions have started to ease across the rest of the nation, our Victorian children are struggling more and more to follow the rules still in place.

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Categories Parenting Tags articles, covid-19, happy families, justin coulson, kids, loneliness

Children’s Entertainer Colin Buchanan Creates Online Kids Church

May 8, 2020 by theLight Albury-Wodonga

By: Laura Bennett

Keeping the kids entertained is a tall order at the moment. Between the closure of their usual outdoor hangouts and the time pressure on parents, giving kids meaningful activities to do can be tough.

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Categories Parenting Tags articles, church, hope 103.2, kids, parenting

How to Talk to Kids about Bad News in the Media

March 31, 2020 by theLight Albury-Wodonga

By: Collett Smart

We know that we can’t shield our children, because they will hear ‘bad news’… from peers, siblings, online… But how much is too much information? And what is age appropriate? (I cover both younger children and teens in this video).

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Categories Parenting Tags articles, kids, media, raising teenagers

Zombies at Easter – I Don’t Think So

March 11, 2020 by theLight Albury-Wodonga

When you think about it, you could understand why a modern day child might consider Jesus to be either a zombie or a superhero or both.

Categories Celebration and Events Tags articles, bible, easter, kids

You’re Taking Forever!!!

December 23, 2019 by theLight Albury-Wodonga

By: Dr Justin Coulson

If you’ve got kids (and even if you don’t), you’re well aware that Christmas morning is the most hotly anticipated moment of the year.

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Categories Parenting Tags articles, christmas, happy families, justin coulson, kids
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